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- ↑ Bloch MB.200 built under licence in Czechoslovakia by Aero and Avia
- ↑ Also built in Bulgaria as DAR-2
- 1 2 Captured
- ↑ Tupolev SB built under licence in Czechoslovakia by Avia
- ↑ Also built in Bulgaria as DAR U-1
- ↑ Some captured from Yugoslavia
- ↑ Also built in Bulgaria as DAR-6 and DAR-9
- ↑ Caproni Ca.100 built under licence by Bulgarian subsidiary of Caproni.
- ↑ Caproni Ca.113 built under licence by Bulgarian subsidiary of Caproni.
- ↑ Caproni Ca.309 built under licence by Bulgarian subsidiary of Caproni.
- ↑ Misidentified in some sources as an LVG C.II as they were later armed.
- ↑ Traded for MiG-23s
- ↑ Grounded 2012. 10 to Georgia 2013.
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